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Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jamie WoodcockPublish date:2019-06-18Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Haymarket BooksISBN-13:9781608468669ISBN-10:1608468666UPC:9781608468669Book Category:Games & Activities, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Video & Mobile, Labor & Industrial Relations, Popular CultureSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC1RJ38DT5

This pathbreaking book offers a radical analysis of how people play, produce, and profit from video games, and the major role the industry plays in contemporary capitalism.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Haymarket BooksISBN-13:9781608468669ISBN-10:1608468666UPC:9781608468669Book Category:Games & Activities, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Video & Mobile, Labor & Industrial Relations, Popular CultureSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC1RJ38DT5

Dr. Jamie Woodcock is a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. He is the author of Working the Phones, a study of a call center in the UK inspired by the workers' inquiry. His current research involves developing co-research projects with workers in the so-called gig economy. He is on the editorial board of Notes from Below and Historical Materialism.

His current research focuses on digital labor, the sociology of work, the gig economy, resistance, and videogames. Jamie completed his PhD in sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and has held positions at Goldsmiths, University of Leeds, University of Manchester, Queen Mary, NYU London, Cass Business School, and the London School of Economics.


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